He's always been one of my favourite actors - but why did he do that "My Family" crap?

An income I suppose. A lot of British actors have to get work wherever they can.

Yeah. Shame that, as he's done some good stuff over the years.

He was brilliant in 'GBH' as that Derek Hatton-type politician, especially the way his hand kept flying to the back of his head everytime he was asked an awkward question, like he had an odd form of St. Vitus Dance or a nervous tic or something.